Comments on: Small gallery of old comic book ads http://boingboing.net/2008/08/27/small-gallery-of-old.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Mon, 20 May 2013 16:40:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: 20 Minute Jan http://boingboing.net/2008/08/27/small-gallery-of-old.html#comment-269839 20 Minute Jan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-269839 When I was 5 or 6, my older brother (age 16) ordered a baby Great Horned Owl from the back of a comic book. My parents found out when there was a call from the airport to "come and pick up your owl!" He lived with us for several months, eating raw hamburger off a moving stick, then live mice. Eric the owl did not adapt well to domesticity and eventually was released into the wild. When I was 5 or 6, my older brother (age 16) ordered a baby Great Horned Owl from the back of a comic book. My parents found out when there was a call from the airport to “come and pick up your owl!” He lived with us for several months, eating raw hamburger off a moving stick, then live mice. Eric the owl did not adapt well to domesticity and eventually was released into the wild.

]]> By: Jupiter12 http://boingboing.net/2008/08/27/small-gallery-of-old.html#comment-269843 Jupiter12 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-269843 One of my favorite ads was that of Count Dante, "The Deadliest Man Alive!" http://www.supernaturalcrime.com/Art/1975DetectiveComics450Dante.jpg One of my favorite ads was that of Count Dante, “The Deadliest Man Alive!”

http://www.supernaturalcrime.com/Art/1975DetectiveComics450Dante.jpg

]]> By: cuebert http://boingboing.net/2008/08/27/small-gallery-of-old.html#comment-269847 cuebert Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-269847 The best part, is that Johnson Co. is still around (the 2 big full pages full of crap to buy). http://www.johnsonsmith.com/ I remember looking through all that crap when I was younger thinking how cool a lot of it would be. Unfortunately, I haven't come across Dean Studios (the mini animals ads) The best part, is that Johnson Co. is still around (the 2 big full pages full of crap to buy).

http://www.johnsonsmith.com/

I remember looking through all that crap when I was younger thinking how cool a lot of it would be.

Unfortunately, I haven’t come across Dean Studios (the mini animals ads)

]]> By: mortis http://boingboing.net/2008/08/27/small-gallery-of-old.html#comment-269858 mortis Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-269858 That monkey helped me stop the fellows from kicking sand in my face! Together, we manned the hovercraft bought from the back of Amazing Stories, learned deadly self-defense arts, and went on to fight crime utilizing hypno-coins and x-ray specs! <b>^m^</b> That monkey helped me stop the fellows from kicking sand in my face! Together, we manned the hovercraft bought from the back of Amazing Stories, learned deadly self-defense arts, and went on to fight crime utilizing hypno-coins and x-ray specs!

^m^

]]> By: Tits McGee http://boingboing.net/2008/08/27/small-gallery-of-old.html#comment-269611 Tits McGee Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-269611 Your new real miniature monkey. Give him to me. Your new real miniature monkey. Give him to me.

]]> By: Phikus http://boingboing.net/2008/08/27/small-gallery-of-old.html#comment-269613 Phikus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-269613 Yes, the best part is they're <i>new!</i> Yes, the best part is they’re new!

]]> By: CANTFIGHTTHEDITE http://boingboing.net/2008/08/27/small-gallery-of-old.html#comment-269614 CANTFIGHTTHEDITE Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-269614 I can't wait to eat that monkey! I can’t wait to eat that monkey!

]]> By: ESQ http://boingboing.net/2008/08/27/small-gallery-of-old.html#comment-269616 ESQ Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-269616 I've wanted one of those little monkeys since I was a kid... my mom told me I could buy one when I was an adult, but when I became an adult I could no longer find the ads. My tragic life. I’ve wanted one of those little monkeys since I was a kid… my mom told me I could buy one when I was an adult, but when I became an adult I could no longer find the ads.

My tragic life.

]]> By: Bender http://boingboing.net/2008/08/27/small-gallery-of-old.html#comment-269617 Bender Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-269617 I bet those miniature animals drive the mailmen crazy! I bet those miniature animals drive the mailmen crazy!

]]> By: anthony http://boingboing.net/2008/08/27/small-gallery-of-old.html#comment-269624 anthony Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-269624 What a rip off. I got so tired of finding those tiny skeletons in my mailbox. You can make them into little pocket clips, though. What a rip off. I got so tired of finding those tiny skeletons in my mailbox. You can make them into little pocket clips, though.

]]> By: okiedokie http://boingboing.net/2008/08/27/small-gallery-of-old.html#comment-269888 okiedokie Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-269888 Yup, I post old comic ads every week. http://jonahhex.blogspot.com/search/label/Pitchman-A-Go-Go Yup, I post old comic ads every week.
http://jonahhex.blogspot.com/search/label/Pitchman-A-Go-Go

]]> By: Stefan Jones http://boingboing.net/2008/08/27/small-gallery-of-old.html#comment-269637 Stefan Jones Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-269637 If you read the offer, you get the monkey if you hand out twenty adverts for the company's photo coloring service. Let's say that the offer requires that the coupons that the young sucker hands out actually get used. They bring in "49 cents and a few pennies for our COD service." So the company is going to get maybe ten dollars. This is enough money to justify them to send out a live animal? Either they had all sorts of loopholes to justify not sending out a monkey ("sorry kid, we're all out . . . here's a baby possum instead"), or they had a supply of amazingly cheap monkeys. If you read the offer, you get the monkey if you hand out twenty adverts for the company’s photo coloring service.

Let’s say that the offer requires that the coupons that the young sucker hands out actually get used. They bring in “49 cents and a few pennies for our COD service.”

So the company is going to get maybe ten dollars.

This is enough money to justify them to send out a live animal?

Either they had all sorts of loopholes to justify not sending out a monkey (“sorry kid, we’re all out . . . here’s a baby possum instead”), or they had a supply of amazingly cheap monkeys.

]]> By: paulm http://boingboing.net/2008/08/27/small-gallery-of-old.html#comment-269907 paulm Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-269907 I recall ordering brine shrimp but only got sea monkeys. I recall ordering brine shrimp but only got sea monkeys.

]]> By: anthony http://boingboing.net/2008/08/27/small-gallery-of-old.html#comment-269667 anthony Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-269667 Well, the "smoking dog trick" I got in the mail as a youngster certainly stretched the limits of what was advertised. Well, the “smoking dog trick” I got in the mail as a youngster certainly stretched the limits of what was advertised.

]]> By: Jake0748 http://boingboing.net/2008/08/27/small-gallery-of-old.html#comment-269692 Jake0748 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-269692 I have X-ray Specs, I can see through this whole scam. I have X-ray Specs, I can see through this whole scam.

]]> By: anthony http://boingboing.net/2008/08/27/small-gallery-of-old.html#comment-269694 anthony Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-269694 U control ghost? Check. Hercules wristband? Check. Vampire Fangs? Check. Look out Ladies! U control ghost? Check.
Hercules wristband? Check.
Vampire Fangs? Check.

Look out Ladies!

]]> By: anthony http://boingboing.net/2008/08/27/small-gallery-of-old.html#comment-269697 anthony Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-269697 I once found an ad for Ralph Records (put out the Residents) in a 1970's 'Ghost Rider" comic. I said "Do you like weird music?" Can you imagine? I once found an ad for Ralph Records (put out the Residents) in a 1970′s ‘Ghost Rider” comic. I said “Do you like weird music?”
Can you imagine?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/08/27/small-gallery-of-old.html#comment-322952 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-322952 Tiny monkeys love to bathe in coffee. Little known fact. Tiny monkeys love to bathe in coffee. Little known fact.

]]> By: Marble River http://boingboing.net/2008/08/27/small-gallery-of-old.html#comment-269983 Marble River Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-269983 Here's a few pages from a 1947 Johnson Smith catalog: http://marbleriver.blogspot.com/2008/03/hello-sweetheart.html Here’s a few pages from a 1947 Johnson Smith catalog:

http://marbleriver.blogspot.com/2008/03/hello-sweetheart.html

]]> By: pctune http://boingboing.net/2008/08/27/small-gallery-of-old.html#comment-269729 pctune Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-269729 Apparently the miniature monkeys were real and live... http://www.cracked.com/article_16310_p2.html Apparently the miniature monkeys were real and live…

http://www.cracked.com/article_16310_p2.html

]]> By: nate http://boingboing.net/2008/08/27/small-gallery-of-old.html#comment-270007 nate Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-270007 I live in Des Moines, I should look up some info on "Dean Studios." Perhaps they still have little monkeys. I live in Des Moines, I should look up some info on “Dean Studios.” Perhaps they still have little monkeys.

]]> By: Phikus http://boingboing.net/2008/08/27/small-gallery-of-old.html#comment-269767 Phikus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-269767 ANTHONY@11: So that's where skull-head came from (the one Resident that wore a skull instead of an eyeball after one of the masks was stolen.) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/63/The_Residents.jpg ANTHONY@11: So that’s where skull-head came from (the one Resident that wore a skull instead of an eyeball after one of the masks was stolen.) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/63/The_Residents.jpg

]]> By: anthony http://boingboing.net/2008/08/27/small-gallery-of-old.html#comment-270292 anthony Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-270292 Oh to be a fly on the wall during a 'Black Dragon Fighting Society' meeting. Oh to be a fly on the wall during a ‘Black Dragon Fighting Society’ meeting.

]]> By: prom77 http://boingboing.net/2008/08/27/small-gallery-of-old.html#comment-275925 prom77 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-275925 Poor dog and monkey--sitting in a crate packed in sawdust until they were won. Poor dog and monkey–sitting in a crate packed in sawdust until they were won.

]]> By: anthony http://boingboing.net/2008/08/27/small-gallery-of-old.html#comment-270296 anthony Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-270296 Also, Jan that's a great story! Also, Jan that’s a great story!

]]> By: DailyCaveat http://boingboing.net/2008/08/27/small-gallery-of-old.html#comment-322541 DailyCaveat Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-322541 Here's a much better collection of these ads, from Astounding Space Thrills creator, Steve Conley... http://www.steveconley.com/comicads.htm Here’s a much better collection of these ads, from Astounding Space Thrills creator, Steve Conley…

http://www.steveconley.com/comicads.htm

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